Rising With The Son

At dawn this millennium Easter Sunday, thousands of Presbyterians will be gathering together at venues around Ireland to celebrate the rising of the Son!

Old and young alike will join in worship at such diverse venues as seashore car parks, forest parks and even mountain tops to celebrate the triumph of Christ's ressurection from the grave, nearly 2000 years ago.

What is now the traditional start to Easter Day for many people originally began as an idea of the Youth Board of the Presbyterian Church some 30 years ago. It has developed into a short service attended by all ages and by members of other denominations as well. The services are usually followed by a warm cuppa with a couple of slices of toast in a nearby church hall. With many other millennium celebrations ongoing throughout the community, many Presbyterians will use Sunday morning to continue to emphasise why the year 2000 AD is so signifigant.

Presbytery:	Time:	Location:
North Belfast	6.00am	Lough Shore (Breakfast at Whitehouse Church)
Dromore	6.30am	Hillhall Church or Hillsborough Fort
East Belfast	6.00am	Henry Jones playing fields (Breakfast in Castlereagh Church)
South Belfast	5.45am	Barnett's Park
Carrickfergus	6.30am 7.30am	Seafront, Whitehead Ballygally Slipway
Iveagh	6.00am	Spelga Dam
Newry	6.30am	Cloughmore Stone, Rostrevor
Omagh	6.00am	Knockmany
Tyrone	6.30am	Drum Manor Forest Park
Ballymena	6.30am	Slemish, Portglenone
Down	6.30am	Rowallen Gardens (Breakfast in 2nd Saintfield Church)
Coleraine	7.00am	Ramore Head, Portrush
Derry and Strabane	6.30am	Magheramason Church
Monaghan	7.00am	Lough Muckno, Castleblayney
Templepatrick	6.30am	Donegore Hill
Donegal	6.30am	Beltony Stone Circle, Raphoe
Route	6.30am	Ballintoy Harbour
Ards	6.30am	Ballyholme Beach

Issued by Martin McNeely, Presbyterian Information Services. Info@PresbyterianIreland.org

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